Sinai Cement Factory in EgyptCAIRO – 1 March 2019: The Cement Industry in Egypt is one of the oldest industries, where the first cement plant was constructed in 1911, to be followed in 1927 by Egypt launching joint stock cement companies. Later, a large number of cement companies were launched and owned by the state, until the beginning of 1998, which was the start of the Private Sector Investments in the Cement Industry. The cement industry accounts for 1% of the Egyptian GDP, and almost 10% of the Egyptian manufacturing GDP. Best practices, operations and facility guidelines are continuously shared and exposed between cement producers and reported to the government and other stakeholders. Safe working environment to the cement labour is guaranteed, as well as maintaining a healthy atmosphere to the neighbourhood of the cement plants.The Egyptian cement producers in Egypt exert dedicated efforts in Corporate Social Responsibility.

Source: Egypt Today March 01, 2019 11:03 UTC